Earlier this week we broke the news that Shelby Oaks has become the most-funded horror film project on Kickstarter.The feature, written and to be directed by YouTube film critic/filmmaker Chris Stuckmann, is based on a recent internet mystery about a group of missing paranormal investigators.On Monday, we reported that the project had reached $650,000 from 6,700 backers on the crowdfunding platform after launching its online campaign only three weeks prior.Four days after that article, however, the movie has now raced past $1M and added 4,500 backers.
That’s good-going for an indie horror movie based on an original concept and without star names attached. The project is also drawing attention from studios, according to Stuckmann.“It’s so crazy, I don’t know what to say,” the critic and filmmaker said in a video message to contributors. “We can already make the movie in the way we want to.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Two big studios have reached out to read the script. If they take it, it would change everything again.”AMP International is handling world sales and launched the project in the market last summer.
Given that the initial budget has largely been met by the producers and the crowdfunding contributions before filming, this could end up being a relatively lucrative package if sales roll in.The film will chart the story of the fictional mid-2000s U.S.
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